Danny Lyon may appear to be a photojournalist, but he is not. While photojournalists strive to be objective, Lyon becomes immersed in the lives of his subjects, from 60s civil rights protestors, to motorcycle gang members and Texas prison inmates. He lives their lifestyles, becoming one of them. The exhibition is organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in collaboration with the Whitney Museum in New York and the full support of the artist.

Frank Stella burst onto the art scene in 1959 at age 23, with his series of black paintings. Over the years his abstract compositions became increasingly complex and dynamic, moving out from the walls into the third dimension, expanding the very definition of painting. The de Young is the only West Coast venue for this retrospective covering six decades of Stella’s work, including paintings, wall mounted reliefs, and sculptures.

Frank Stella burst onto the art scene in 1959 at age 23, with his series of black paintings. Over the years his abstract compositions became increasingly complex and dynamic, moving out from the walls into the third dimension, expanding the very definition of painting. The de Young is the only West Coast venue for this retrospective covering six decades of Stella’s work, including paintings, wall mounted reliefs, and sculptures.

Frank Stella burst onto the art scene in 1959 at age 23, with his series of black paintings. Over the years his abstract compositions became increasingly complex and dynamic, moving out from the walls into the third dimension, expanding the very definition of painting. The de Young is the only West Coast venue for this retrospective covering six decades of Stella’s work, including paintings, wall mounted reliefs, and sculptures.

Frank Stella burst onto the art scene in 1959 at age 23, with his series of black paintings. Over the years his abstract compositions became increasingly complex and dynamic, moving out from the walls into the third dimension, expanding the very definition of painting. The de Young is the only West Coast venue for this retrospective covering six decades of Stella’s work, including paintings, wall mounted reliefs, and sculptures.

Artists sometimes deliberately set out to deceive you, using what is right in front of you: meticulously rendered textures, scrupulous detail, tangible space, immaculate shadows, and life-sized objects to convince you that the objects are real. Can you believe what is right before your eyes?

Dr. Jim Kohn, a docent at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, will present a retrospective look at the work of Richard Diebenkorn, with reference to the 2013 exhibition, Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years, at the deYoung.

A Gift to San Francisco: The Rockefeller Collection is an introduction to the origins of the collection, its collectors, and a look at a few of the more than 100 paintings currently on view in the American Galleries.